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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-353
KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEYANCE ACT
OCTOBER 19, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. CONAWAY, from the Committee on Agriculture,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2941]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2941) to provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest
System land within Kisatchie National Forest in the State of Lou-
isiana, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
BRIEF EXPLANATION
The Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act conveys cer-
tain National Forest System land within the Kisatchie National
Forest in Louisiana.
PURPOSE AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) currently owns tracts of land in
Louisiana that are inter-mixed with private land and heavily im-
pacted by residences. These tracts have lost their natural qualities
and are isolated from the core lands of Kisatchie National Forest.
This fragmentation and urbanization leaves the land incompatible
with National Forest management. The Committee believes man-
aging these tracts for public benefit and use is a poor use of tax-
payer money.
In disposing of the occupied lots with some minor acreage of ad-
jacent federal land, the USFS eliminates administrative and
boundary maintenance costs. USFS would then be able to use the
proceeds to identify and purchase land with recreational qualities
that is more conducive to National Forest management.
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